Inning: 1 Houston George Kane pitching. Walter Connolly strikes out. Brad Stivetts grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Beck grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Buddy Morton pitching. Scott Shevlin singles to right field. Scott Shevlin steals second. Dominic Guillen flies out to the center fielder. Gee Menendez grounds out to the shortstop. Brent Neale flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Joe Butler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Scoops Treadaway strikes out. Chris Malloy lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Jason Shaw hits a home run. Sheldon Rogers walks. Mike Wine grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Sheldon Rogers is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Zachary flies out to the center fielder. George Kane strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Dave Cormier doubles to center field. Bill Herbert reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mike Zachary. Dave Cormier scores. Buddy Morton fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Buddy Morton strikes out. Walter Connolly grounds out to the shortstop. Brad Stivetts flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Scott Shevlin walks. Dominic Guillen strikes out. Gee Menendez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Fred Beck grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Butler walks. Scoops Treadaway grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Butler is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chris Malloy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Brent Neale lines out to the shortstop. Jason Shaw strikes out. Sheldon Rogers hits a home run. Mike Wine grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Dave Cormier grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Herbert flies out to the left fielder. Buddy Morton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Mike Zachary walks. George Kane lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Scott Shevlin triples. Mike Zachary scores. Dominic Guillen grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Shevlin scores. Gee Menendez walks. Brent Neale walks. Jason Shaw singles to center field. Gee Menendez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Brent Neale advances to third on the hit. Sheldon Rogers strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Walter Connolly flies out to the center fielder. Brad Stivetts strikes out. Fred Beck reached on a fielding error by George Kane. Joe Butler grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Mike Wine singles to right field. Mike Zachary strikes out. Mike Wine steals second. George Kane grounds out to the third baseman. Scott Shevlin flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Scoops Treadaway singles to center field. Chris Malloy singles to left field. Scoops Treadaway advances to third on the hit. Dave Cormier flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Scoops Treadaway scores. Steve Graves comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Chris Malloy is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Herbert grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Dominic Guillen grounds out to the pitcher. Gee Menendez flies out to the left fielder. Brent Neale grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Buddy Morton strikes out. Walter Connolly walks. Brad Stivetts singles to right field. Walter Connolly advances to third on the hit. Brad Stivetts steals second. Fred Beck strikes out. Joe Butler singles past the shortstop. Walter Connolly scores. Brad Stivetts scores. Walt Covington comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Scoops Treadaway grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Ad Harkness comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jason Shaw flies out to the center fielder. Sheldon Rogers grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Wine flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Jim Genewich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Chris Malloy lines out to the first baseman. Dave Cormier bunts for a base hit. Bill Herbert singles to center field. Dave Cormier advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Bernie Moore is pinch hitting for Ad Harkness. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hank Stimac is pinch running for Bill Herbert on 1st base. Hank Stimac steals second. Bernie Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Walter Connolly singles to center field. Dave Cormier scores. Hank Stimac scores. Al Masterson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brad Stivetts walks. Fred Beck flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati John Wine pitching. Bobby Hudson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hank Stimac at C. Mike Zachary singles to right field. Hinkey Slagle is pinch hitting for Al Masterson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hinkey Slagle strikes out. Mike Zachary steals second. Scott Shevlin walks. Dominic Guillen hits a home run. Mike Zachary scores. Scott Shevlin scores. Houston total runners left on base: 6 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 5
Batting:3B - Scott Shevlin (1).HR - Dominic Guillen (2), Jason Shaw (1), Sheldon Rogers (10).GIDP - Gee Menendez. Baserunning: SB - Scott Shevlin (3), Mike Wine (4), Mike Zachary (6). Fielding: E - Mike Zachary, George Kane.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sam Howerton improves in arm Belden Chaplin improves in power_vs_righty Jim Ohman improves in endurance Rick Carter improves in velocity Art Kucek did not respond to coaching in LF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Bargar did not respond to coaching in control George Hale did not respond to coaching in control George Hale did not respond to coaching in control Len Hostetler did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Pavano did not respond to coaching in SS